The BBC Radio Four Sunday morning service at 8.15am on 29 May will take as its theme conscience, to mark the centenary of conscription.
Britain Yearly Meeting has produced a guide to the European Union membership referendum.
More than 1,000 Friends are expected at Yearly Meeting 2016, which will take place at Friends House between 27 and 30 May. The main theme is: ‘Living out our faith in the world.…
The much-loved magnolia tree in the garden at Friends House is to be replaced. The tree graced the lawn outside the building for some years but had languished in a corner during…
Two Quakers were physically removed from the annual general meeting (AGM) of weapons manu-facturer BAE Systems last week.
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) has issued a response to the Charity Commission’s regulatory case report on the trust’s funding of the advocacy organisation Cage.
A number of Quakers stood in the recent elections. Those elected included Carla Denyer of Young Friends General Meeting and Alex Cole-Hamilton of Central Edinburgh Local Meeting.
London Friends were among those who welcomed the new mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and his team to City Hall on their first day in office, Monday 9 May.
The Birmingham-based Quaker arts group Leaveners held its annual general meeting on Saturday 7 May.
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